The Nanny – 1965

A Hammer film production presented by Associated British Productions Limited afld released through Warner-Pathe Distributors Limited (UK) and Twentieth Century-Fox (USA
Copyright MCMLXV Hammer Film Productions Ltd.- All rights reserved
MPAA Approved Certificate
The characters and incidents portrayed and the names used herein are fictitious and any similarity to the name, character, or history of any person is entirely accidental and unintentional
RCA Sound System
Made at the Elstree Studios of Associated British Productions Limited, Herts, England
Black and White 93 mins
Storyline
Nanny is the mainstay of the Fane household, so why does ten-year-old Joey hate her so much? She seems so sweet and innocent, yet he will not eat anything cooked by her, will not sleep in a room prepared by her and will not even take a bath unless she swears to keep out of the room. There must be something wrong with Joey, because there can’t possibly be anything wrong with Nanny, can there:…?
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Crew
Function | Credited | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits |
Assistant Director | Christopher Dryhurst | 32 | 1933 | 15 Jan 1991 | 58 | 1 |
Based on the novel "The Nanny" by | Evelyn Piper | 1 | ||||
Camera Operator | Kelvin Pike | 36 | 1929 | Living | 92 | 1 |
Continuity | Renee Glynne | 38 | 3 Aug 1926 | Living | 94 | 38 |
Directed by | Seth Holt | 41 | 21 Jun 1923 | 14 Feb 1971 | 47 | 3 |
Director of Photography | Harry Waxman, BSC | 52 | 3 Apr 1912 | 24 Dec 1984 | 72 | 3 |
Editor | Tom Simpson | 6 | ||||
Hair Stylist | A.G. Scott | 2 | ||||
Make-up | Tom Smith | 44 | 15 Aug 1920 | 3 Apr 2009 | 88 | 5 |
Music Composed by | Richard Rodney Bennett | 28 | 29 Mar 1936 | 24 Dec 2012 | 76 | 1 |
Musical Supervisor | Philip Martell | 57 | 6 Oct 1907 | 11 Aug 1993 | 85 | 103 |
Produced by | Jimmy Sangster | 37 | 2 Dec 1927 | 19 Aug 2011 | 83 | 65 |
Production Designer | Edward Carrick | 59 | 3 Jan 1905 | 21 Jan 1998 | 93 | 3 |
Production Manager | George Fowler | 52 | 21 Dec 1912 | 29 Nov 1993 | 80 | 4 |
Recording Supervisor | A.W. Lumkin | 51 | 2 Feb 1913 | 25 Oct 1985 | 72 | 30 |
Screenplay by | Jimmy Sangster | 37 | 2 Dec 1927 | 19 Aug 2011 | 83 | 65 |
Sound Editor | Charles Crafford, GBFE | 48 | 27 Jul 1916 | 12 Nov 1977 | 61 | 4 |
Sound Recordist | Norman Coggs | 48 | 2 May 1916 | 1 Jan 1969 | 52 | 1 |
Supervising Editor | James Needs | 45 | 17 Oct 1919 | 2003 | 83 | 111 |
Wardrobe Consultant | Rosemary Burrows | 36 | ||||
Wardrobe Mistress | Mary Gibson | 13 |
Cast
Character | Actor | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Appearances |
Bill | James Villiers | 31 | 29 Sep 1933 | 18 Jan 1998 | 64 | 3 |
Bobby | Pamela Franklin | 14 | 3 Feb 1950 | Living | 70 | 1 |
Dr Beamaster | Maurice Denham | 55 | 23 Dec 1909 | 24 Jul 2002 | 92 | 4 |
Dr Medman | Jack Watling | 41 | 13 Jan 1923 | 22 May 2001 | 78 | 1 |
Dr Wills | Alfred Burke | 46 | 28 Feb 1918 | 16 Feb 2011 | 92 | 1 |
Joey | William Dix | 9 | 29 Jan 1955 | Living | 65 | 1 |
Milkman | Harry Fowler | 38 | 10 Dec 1926 | 4 Jan 2012 | 85 | 3 |
Mrs Griggs | Nora Gordon | 71 | 29 Nov 1893 | 11 May 1976 | 82 | 4 |
Nanny | Bette Davis | 56 | 5 Apr 1908 | 6 Oct 1989 | 81 | 2 |
Pen | Jill Bennett | 33 | 24 Dec 1931 | 4 Oct 1990 | 58 | 1 |
Sarah | Sandra Power | 23 | 1942 | Living | 79 | 1 |
Susy | Angharad Aubrey | 3 | 1962 | Living | 59 | 1 |
Virgie | Wendy Craig | 30 | 20 Jun 1934 | Living | 86 | 1 |
Footnotes
This was Hammer’s last black and white production.
Bette Davis’s roles in this film and in “The Anniversary” (1968) came about as a result of the fact that Hammer at the time was co-owned by the Hyams, her son-in-law’s family.
Seth Holt, a very experienced film editor from the golden school of Ealing, directed two other films for Hammer – “Taste of Fear” (1961), and “Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb” (1971).
Pamela Franklin played the little girl Flora, one of the children beset by ghosts in Jack Clayton’s chilling film “The Innocents” (1961), which was photographed by Freddie Francis.
Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection